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Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

Mark Gatiss (Retro) - "Cucumber Coward"

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

British Comedy Guide

Tv & Film, Arts, Comedy, Performing Arts

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

#439 Cucumber Coward - Richard is hoping to replace himself with an AI host and has left the emergency questions and some of the stand up to the robots. His guest, returning after a hiatus of just 400 episodes is the wonderful Mark Gatiss. They discuss the unfair tale of Jacob Marley, the influence of Robin Askwith, playing to camera 3 as Larry Grayson, Mark’s many theatre projects, working with Anthony Hopkins after portraying him in TMWRNJ and directing Reece Shearsmith. But will we find out his favourite episode of Sherlock and will Rich be here next week?


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, Richard Herring here. Thanks for downloading my podcast. Now, you may have heard on the grown-up news that I've not been very well. I'm feeling fine. I'm sort of in the middle of treatment for very minor cancer. It's not curable, but it's completely treatable. So please don't worry about me. In the meantime, if you want to become a badger, this is an excellent time to support us at gofastestripe.com slash badges. If you would like to buy a thank you Moriati t-shirt from Rich and Alley's Craven Newsround, then head to go fasterstripe.com. And you should be able to find them on there. They're only going to be available for a couple of

0:37.6

weeks and we'll print them all up at once when we find out what the demand is. But if you enjoy

0:42.5

that podcast, particularly, that's a great way to pay us back for that. Look, I'm still coming to the

0:48.0

Edinburgh Fringe unless something goes horrifically wrong. In August, from I think the

0:53.8

sixth to the 16th, go to richardine.com slash for

0:59.1

Hellasper. You can see all the dates and the guests confirmed so far who are Mike Wozniak,

1:05.8

Susie McCabe and Flo and Joan. There are some big names to come, I'm sure. I'm aiming very high with this.

1:13.0

And I will be giving some recommends of people you should be going to see at the fringe through

1:17.2

interviews over the next few weeks as well. Anyway, thank you very much. Let's sit back.

1:23.2

Thanks to all the lovely messages I've had from you guys and it's lovely to know how much these

1:26.6

podcasts mean to you.

1:28.5

And that's worth more than money. I mean, obviously it doesn't keep us going. But thank you very much for the love you've been giving us,

1:35.2

and very much appreciate. And I'll do my best to carry on doing these until I get bored. Anyway, sit back, relax, and enjoy another podcast from the head and mouth of R.K. Herring.

1:46.5

Hello, welcome to another retro, Rahalasdapa, where we go back in time to see what was

1:52.6

happening to the stupid people of 2023 and what they were enjoying and watching. It's a chance to

1:57.8

watch again, watch for the first time, tell your friends. It's a time where you go, oh, Rich, you've given away a whole video of this for free on YouTube. It must have cost you thousands of pounds. Yes, it did. Let us buy a badge. GoFusterstripe.com slash badges to pay you back. Every month we'll give you like five pounds or something like that and we'll get loads of bonuses. Is that all right? Okay, you've talked me into it. We'll do that. We'll do exactly that. Come and see us live, richterrin.com slash Rahalistba. This is one of my favorite guests. And this is, I think, the second time we did the show. It's the beautiful Mark Gatis. You don't want to miss this one. So watch it, enjoy it. tell your friends if you like it and listen to their podcast with some adverts and if you don't want to give us any money.

2:36.9

Thank you very much. Goodbye. watch it, enjoy it, tell your friends if you like it, and listen to their podcast with some adverts,

2:35.2

and if you don't want to give us any money.

2:36.9

Thank you very much.

2:37.7

Goodbye.

2:42.6

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Leicester Square Theatre.

2:45.7

Please welcome a man who's risen from his deathbed to see you.

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